New Blu-ray Reviews

Vengeance: A Love Story Blu-ray Movie  

MVD Visual | 2017 | 100 min | Not rated | Mar 12, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Walking home with her 12-year-old daughter after midnight on the Fourth of July, Teena crosses paths with some local losers to be brutally gang raped with her daughter Bethie watching. Bethie is able to identify the rapists, but when the rapists hire a hot shot attorney who attacks Teena's character, Dromoor, a local police officer who was first on the scene when police were called, starts to take matters into his own hands.

Action / Thriller

Beer League Blu-ray Movie  

MVD Visual | 2006 | 86 min | Rated R | May 14, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Beer, broads and baseball combine with hilarious results in Artie Lange's Beer League...an over-the-top comedy about a group of misfits whose weekly softball games seem to have a lot more to do with getting into fights for macho dominance than hitting home runs. Artie is an unemployed and unmotivated drunk that is predictably still living with his mother. He is on a losing softball team, and he and his teammates are facing the end of softball as they know it if they can't pull it together. When love enters his life, it unexpectedly alters Artie's low self- esteem, and the odds for winning, not only the league trophy, but a new life, are certainly looking up. He and his teammates will have to go for the win, and survive all the comedy and chaos along the way.

Comedy / Sport

Godspell Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 1973 | 102 min | Rated G | Mar 24, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

The international hit musical sensation GODSPELL comes to life in this screen adaptation. An updated interpretation of the Gospel's lessons filled with unforgettable song and dance numbers, GODSPELL is rousing entertainment in the tradition of the classic rock operas HAIR, TOMMY and JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. John the Baptist gathers a diverse band of youthful disciples to follow and learn from the teachings of Jesus. They form a roving acting troupe that enacts the Parables through the streets and landmarks of contemporary New York City.

Musical

Homeboy Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1988 | 116 min | Rated R | Apr 14, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

Johnny Walker is a cowboy and a boxer. He is very shy and a bit of a fool. He is in love with Ruby, but he cannot tell her. He is also a bit old to keep on boxing, but its the only thing he does well.

Drama / Romance / Sport

Blood on the Moon Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1948 | 88 min | Not rated | Apr 28, 2020 | Randy Miller III

When a shady-looking stranger rides into town to join his old friend it is assumed he is a hired gun. But as the new man comes to realize the unlawful nature of his buddy's business and the way the homesteaders are being used, the two men draw apart to become sworn enemies.

Action / Drama / Romance / Western

Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis Blu-ray Movie  

Our Friends

Shout Factory | 2017 | 84 min | Not rated | Dec 01, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A little over a year ago, nine terrorists drove into Paris with guns, grenades, and suicide belts. They were there to perpetrate a coordinated, calculated mass murder on behalf of ISIL and, more symbolically, to launch an assault on culture itself, by turning the city's houses of mirth - soccer stadiums, cafés, restaurants, and of course, the Bataclan concert hall - into monuments to death and fear. They wanted to spill blood, to shut the West up.

Documentary / Music

Cry Freedom Blu-ray Movie    

Umbrella Entertainment | 1987 | 157 min | Rated PG | Feb 06, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend the black activist Steve Biko.

Biography / Drama

Cargo Blu-ray Movie    

Umbrella Entertainment | 2017 | 105 min | Rated MA15+ | Sep 05, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In a desperate bid to outrun a violent pandemic, Andy and Kay have holed up on a houseboat with their one-year-old daughter, Rosie. Their protected river existence is shattered by a violent attack, which sees Kay tragically die and Andy infected. Left with only 48 hours before he transforms into one of the creatures they have fought so long to evade, Andy sets out on a precarious journey to find a new guardian for his child. A flourishing Aboriginal tribe are Rosie's best chance of survival - but with their merciless attitude toward the afflicted, they also pose a grave threat. A young Indigenous girl becomes Andy's only chance of safe passage into this sacred community. But unfortunately the girl has no desire to return to her people - she is on a quest to cure her own infected father by returning his stolen soul. Each in their own way is seeking salvation... but they will need to work together if they hope to achieve it.

Drama / Horror / Thriller

Rio Grande Blu-ray Movie    

Masters of Cinema

Eureka Entertainment | 1950 | 105 min | Rated BBFC: U | Apr 20, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A U.S. Cavalry unit, on the Mexican border in the 1880's, conducts a vain campaign against marauding Indians.

Romance / Western

Ghost Stories Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 2017 | 98 min | Not rated | Sep 04, 2018 | Dr. Stephen Larson

Professor Phillip Goodman (Andy Nyman), psychologist and arch-skeptic, has his rationality tested to the hilt when he stumbles across a long-lost file containing details of three terrifying 'hauntings'. Shaken by what he reads, Goodman embarks on a mission to find rational explanations for these ghostly stories. As Goodman investigates, he meets three tormented people, each with a tale more frightening, uncanny and inexplicable than the last.

Drama / Horror

The Housemaid Blu-ray Movie    

Cô Hầu Gái / Montage Pictures / Blu-ray + DVD

Eureka Entertainment | 2016 | 105 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Feb 19, 2018 | Neil Lumbard

When an orphaned Vietnamese girl is hired to be a housemaid at a haunted rubber plantation in 1953 French Indochina, she unexpectedly falls in love with the French landowner and awakens the vengeful ghost of his dead wife... who is out for blood.

Horror / Romance / Foreign

Army of Shadows Blu-ray Movie  

L'armée des ombres / Better encode than 2011 release

Criterion | 1969 | 145 min | Not rated | Apr 07, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia, and distrust.

Drama / History / War / Foreign

99 River Street Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1953 | 83 min | Not rated | Jun 21, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A former boxer turned cab driver has to hide from the police when his badgering wife is murdered by the jewel thief she was having an affair with.

Action / Crime / Drama / Film-Noir

Re:Born Blu-ray Movie    

リボーン / Blu-ray + DVD

Eureka Entertainment | 2016 | 100 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Mar 12, 2018 | Neil Lumbard

A legend covert soldier with a mysterious past now decides to once again unleash his beast inside of him to stand up for what he cares about.

Action / Crime / Drama / Foreign

We the Animals Blu-ray Movie    

Montage Pictures / Blu-ray + DVD

Eureka Entertainment | 2018 | 94 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Sep 16, 2019 | Neil Lumbard

Manny, Joel, and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah embraces an imagined world all on his own.

Drama

Under the Tree Blu-ray Movie    

Undir trénu / Montage Pictures / Blu-ray + DVD

Eureka Entertainment | 2017 | 89 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jan 14, 2019 | Neil Lumbard

When Baldvin and Inga's next door neighbors complain that a tree in their backyard casts a shadow over their sundeck, what starts off as a typical spat between neighbors in the suburbs unexpectedly and violently spirals out of control.

Drama / Thriller / Dark humor / Foreign

Psyche 59 Blu-ray Movie    

Indicator Series | Limited Edition

Powerhouse Films | 1964 | 94 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Feb 18, 2019 | Neil Lumbard

In London, the pregnant wife of an industrialist falls down the stairs, loses her sight and has no recollection of the events, but suspects that a mentally traumatic experience prior to the fall caused her accident.

Drama / Mystery / Romance

Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 2017 | 360 min | Not rated | Sep 11, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Documentary / Music

Michael Blu-ray Movie    

Mikaël / Heart's Desire | Masters of Cinema

Eureka Entertainment | 1924 | 94 min | Rated BBFC: U | Feb 12, 2018 | Neil Lumbard

Triangle story: painter, his young male model, unscrupulous princess.

Drama / Romance / Foreign

Sweet Bean Blu-ray Movie    

あん / An | Masters of Cinema / Blu-ray + DVD

Eureka Entertainment | 2015 | 113 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Aug 22, 2016 | Neil Lumbard

Struggling street food vendor Sentaro finds himself confronted with Tokue (Kirin Kiki), an odd but sympathetic elderly lady looking for work. When he reluctantly accepts, it's not long before Tokue proves to have an extraordinary gift when it comes to making "an" - the sweet red bean paste filling used in his dorayakis - which starts a relationship that is about much more than just street food. Opened the prestigious Un Certain Regard strain of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

Drama / Foreign